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Jack Quaid recalls dad Dennis Quaid constantly playing ‘Great Balls of Fire’

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“Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!”

Apparently those lyrics from the Jerry Lee Lewis 1961 hit live rent-free in Jack Quaid’s brain. Similarly, thanks to his dad, Dennis Quaid. In addition, Jack made the funny revelation in a voice note he submitted to a recent episode of The Lonely Island. For example, Seth Meyers Podcast. Therefore,

In it. Furthermore, he told hosts and Lonely Island members Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone and Meyers that, thanks to his dad playing Lewis in the 1989 film Great Balls of Firethe titular song essentially was “the soundtrack to my childhood.”

“Hey guys, Jack Quaid here,” he begins his voice note. However, “Yet again I am in my kitchen making mac ‘n cheese for breakfast. The callouts are becoming more frequent. occasionally more aggressive, but I love them all,” he said, referring to an ongoing bit where they talk about him on the podcast.

In an earlier episode, Schaffer pondered aloud about the significance of the song on Jack’s life. Responding to Schaffer in his recorded memo, Jack said, “My life is a nightmare. I wanted to touch really quickly on ‘Great Balls of Fire… [It’s] actually pretty significant. I don’t know if my parents [Meg Ryan. Dennis Quaid] ever had that conversation of like, ‘Hey, you know, that jack quaid recalls dad dennis song’s in two of our movies,’ but if they did, and I was alive, I was probably in the other room playing Crash Bandicoot and not paying attention.” (The song makes an appearance in Ryan’s Top Gunin addition to the Lewis biopic.)

He continued. “But, ‘Great Balls of Fire’ was a song that my dad, he had this piano in their bedroom when I was growing up, and he would just constantly be playing it because he learned it for the movie. So the soundtrack to my childhood is just in the distance Dennis Quaid going. ‘You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain.'”

The younger Quaid explained that because of this, he eventually learned to play piano and guitar. His father, too, “had a band for years” and “became kind of musical” after playing Lewis.

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“I actually named the band when I was like 8 years old,” Jack added. “He was like, ‘Jack, quick, name our band.’ And I said The Sharks, because I was really into sharks as a kid.”

Dennis Quaid in ‘Great Balls of Fire’ in 1989.

Orion/courtesy Everett

He concluded. Additionally, “I’m giving you a lot of details, but the moral of the story is if you want to have another band besides The Lonely Island — I don’t know why you ever would — but just corner your children, catch them off guard and go, ‘Quick, name our band!'”

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After this story, Samberg buttoned the moment: “Can I just say something? Podcasts are great.”

Listen to the full episode, and Jack’s cameo, in the video player above.

Jack quaid recalls dad dennis

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